Johnson Teaching with Special Collections Grant

The Johnson Center Teaching with Special Collections Grant is designed for faculty members who wish to enhance a 100- or 200-level course or First-Year Seminar offered during Fall 2018 to include using archival or primary sources for student assignments. Assignments must be based on the resources (primary sources, staff, or physical space) of Special Collections. The grant provides a $1,000 stipend for the recipient to collaborate closely with an archivist or Special Collections librarian.

The grant provides dedicated time with Special Collections staff and collections for faculty to create assignments that enable students to identify and evaluate primary sources, engage in archival research, develop critical and analytical thinking, and integrate primary and secondary sources within a research-based assignment.

This application can be saved as a Word document for editing. Type your answers under each heading. Applications from all disciplines are encouraged. Please submit this application to Paula Baer at pbaer@gettysburg.edu. Deadline for application March 30, 2018.

Recipients of a JCCTL fellowship or grant must submit a written report at the conclusion of their project and be willing to make one or more presentations about their work in appropriate on-campus venues.

Grant Recipients

2016-2017

Sarah Sillin, Visiting Assistant Professor of EnglishProf. Sillin will develop assignments for her First-Year Seminar, Graphic Novels: Sex, War, and Literary Revolution. Students will be introduced to the library’s holdings of early graphic novels and collections of cartoons, leading to analytical essays written by the students.